Nurse Clinic and SafeZone

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW:

Face to Face Health and Counseling is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing economic and health equity for youth ages 11–24. We do this work through a comprehensive approach that includes housing, mental health, medical, youth justice, education & employment, and community services. We take a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach to our work and center the needs of young people impacted by racism and other forms of oppression and marginalization.

Founded in 1972, Face to Face serves more than 3,000 youth annually.

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides outreach nursing services at the day shelter (Safe Zone) and clinic-based nursing care at the Face to Face clinic. Working collaboratively with the Nurse Practitioner and interdisciplinary team, the RN delivers trauma-responsive, harm reduction-based care to youth experiencing homelessness while promoting access to healthcare and health education.

This position is primarily based at Safe Zone, Face to Face’s day shelter that provides a supportive environment for youth experiencing homelessness and connects youth to basic needs, resources, case management, and health services. The RN builds trusting relationships with youth, provides nursing assessments, health education, reproductive healthcare, first aid, and referrals, and may serve as the only healthcare professional onsite.

The RN also provides regular coverage at the clinic and is cross-trained to support medical assistant workflows as needed.

This is a full time, 30 hours per week position scheduled Monday through Friday between 9:00am and 6:00pm. While based primarily at Safe Zone, the RN will provide regular nursing coverage at the Arcade Clinic one day each week, with additional coverage as needed.

General Clinical & Patient Care

• Provides all services guided by the 9 evidence-based principles for helping youth overcome homelessness.
• Build trusting relationships with youth by meeting them where they are and providing trauma-responsive, harm reduction-based nursing care.
• Triage patient phone calls and walk-in youths.
• Provide nursing assessments, health education, reproductive healthcare, pregnancy testing, STI screening, emergency contraception, first aid, and referrals as appropriate.
• Complete nurse visits and document care in Next Gen, the electronic health record.
• Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing team-based strategies.
• Perform clinical support tasks as needed, including rooming patients, obtaining vitals, and assisting with blood draws or other procedures within scope (cross-functioning as a Medical Assistant when needed).
• Assist providers with patient care needs, procedures, and clinical workflows.
• Promote youth's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; and answering questions.
• Attend and actively participate in team meetings and case discussions to support coordinated care for youth.
• Step in and help to "get the job done" when short-staffed, including assisting with tasks outside of primary duties such as essential front desk and medical assistant responsibilities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Provide nursing support to young people and be available to Safe Zone staff for consultation related to health needs.
• Maintain readiness of emergency equipment and supplies, including AED checks, first aid inventory, and scheduling sharps container pickups.
• Assist with staff emergency drills such as epi-pen trainings as directed by Safe Zone leadership.
• Step in to support clinic operations during staffing shortages as needed.
• Provide direct nursing support for general medicine, reproductive health, and OB visits.
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